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2024 Supreme(Online)(DEL) 17465
HIGH COURT OF DELHI
HON'BLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE, A, C, Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora, JJ
DELHI HIGH COURT BAR ASSOCIATION – Appellant
Versus
UNION OF INDIA – Respondent
W.P.(C) 6005/2024
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. Rakesh Tiku, Mr. Mohit Mathur, Mr. Nitesh Mehra, Mr. Sandeep Kumar, Mr. Sidharth Tripathy, Mr. Nagender Benipal, Ms. Gayatri, Mr. Ashish, Mr. Dhan Mohan, Ms. Bandana Kaur Grover, Mr. Siddharth Tripathy
For the Respondents: Mr. Anurag Ahluwalia, MR. Shivam Sachdeva, Ms. Raavi Birbal, Ms. Cauveri Birbal
The court directed the respondents to address infrastructural needs of the Delhi High Court and Bar Association in a timely manner.
Headnote:The petitioners, the Delhi High Court Bar Association, sought directions for the provision of additional infrastructure space at Bapa Nagar, New Delhi, to accommodate the needs of the Delhi High Court and Bar Association. The court directed the respondents to file counter affidavits within eight weeks. The main issue framed was the necessity for infrastructural expansion. The court emphasized the urgency of the matter and allowed the application for exemption.
% 01.05.2024 CM APPL. 24950/2024 (for exemption) Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.
Accordingly, the present application stands disposed of.
W.P.(C) 6005/2024
1. Present petition has been filed by the Delhi High Court Bar Association seeking issuance of directions to the Respondents to take immediate steps, in a time bound manner, to provide additional space for infrastructural requirement and expansion of the Delhi High Court including Delhi High Court Bar Association as well as court rooms, lawyers chambers, parking space, record room facilities and other allied activities by redevelopment of adjacent land at Bapa Nagar, Zakir Hussain Road, New Delhi, which has old residential quarters for the Government Employees.
The Petitioners further pray for issuance of directions to the Respondents to hand over possession of entire land of Bapa Nagar, New Delhi for infrastructural needs and expansion of Delhi High Court including Delhi High Court Bar Association, by relocating the existing occupants of the residential quarters of Bapa Nagar, New Delhi, to any newly constructed / under constructed complex in any of the General Pool Residential Accommodation (‘GPRA’) Schemes.
2. Issue notice. Mr. Anurag Ahluwalia, learned counsel accepts notice on behalf of Respondent Nos. 1 and 2 and Ms. Raavi Birbal, learned counsel accepts notice on behalf of Respondent No. 3. They are directed to file their counter affidavits within eight weeks. Rejoinder affidavits, if any, be filed before the next date of hearing.
